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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHillary is at Aretha's homegoing.
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DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)nolabear
(41,990 posts)Watching Bill up there with those black men, Farrakhan, Sharpton, Jackson, reminds me how much he really was and is loved.
proglib217
(88 posts)His presence is a blemish on an otherwise uplifting send off to the Queen of Soul.
Mosby
(16,337 posts)still_one
(92,359 posts)the world of music and civil rights
DownriverDem
(6,231 posts)I have seen Bill up next to the podium, but not Hillary. She must be in the crowd somewhere.
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)sitting next to the officiating bishop's wife. Because of the camera angle, that part of the dais isn't seen very often.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)nolabear
(41,990 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)This service is beautiful. I imagine Aretha must be pleased.
a kennedy
(29,696 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)DownriverDem
(6,231 posts)he wrote a letter that will be read. He was in DC at the McCain memorial.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)LisaM
(27,822 posts)Hill and Bill look comfortable and relaxed. I'm glad they are there. And big kudos to BET; when I got up, the Turtle was speaking on one of the networks and a shudder ran through me until my BF changed the channel.
It says a lot about Obama that he went to McCain's funeral, BTW.
nolabear
(41,990 posts)And hell be wonderful.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)What a send-off!
Aretha is loved.
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Not surprised they'd chose Aretha over McCain.
a kennedy
(29,696 posts)joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Hillary Clinton won the primaries due to the AA community, which had a lot of dog whistling over it, since southern states tend to go red.
LisaM
(27,822 posts)and the wonderful African American woman who cooks there (and who turned off CNN and put on BET) leaned over and whispered to me how much she and her family loved Bill Clinton.
oasis
(49,398 posts)Back in 1998.
MontanaMama
(23,336 posts)I am barely getting anything done at work today with it on my computer. I go between dancing and weeping. So much love in one room.
nolabear
(41,990 posts)It cleanses and restores.
MontanaMama
(23,336 posts)Watching all these people who loved Aretha being REAL. Some of them smiling ear to ear, some of them not keeping it together at all, one man nodding off... It's all okay and it's all genuine. My husband just walked into my office when I was having a tearful moment and he asked my I had the funeral on when "it just makes you feel bad". Ugh. Sometimes I just want to be able to feel what I feel. Sad things are sad and sometimes a good cry is just what is needed.